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Kōrero: Introduced land birds

Little owl food

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Little owl food

House sparrows are sometimes the prey of little owls. The owl was introduced to help curb the numbers of small birds like sparrows, but they more often eat lizards, mice and invertebrates.

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Reference: 10037596

by Rod Morris

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Christina Troup, Introduced land birds – House sparrows, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17175/little-owl-food (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.